Verizon will be flipping the switch on its 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) high-speed data service next week. The company promises mobile browsing speeds up to 10 times faster than its current 3G service.
The company won’t be launching 4G-capable mobile phones until early next year, but customers will be able to buy one of two 4G USB …
Verizon’s 4G wireless network will be available in most major cities by the end of the year, though pricing for the service hasn’t yet been revealed. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the company hinted at speed-based service fees similar to how home broadband plans are priced.
Just like with broadband providers such as …
This is weird, but let’s just go with it. Mobile site PPCGeeks.com apparently received a leaked Verizon roadmap showing Microsoft’s ill-fated Kin phones returning from the dead in Q4 of this year.
Engadget claims to have been “able to independently confirm” the news, but reports that the Kin phones will be dumbed down to the point …
Starting Thursday, Verizon will be taking orders for the Samsung Continuum. It’s a $200 Android phone based on Samsung’s line of Galaxy S handsets.
The Continuum breaks the mold by featuring two LCD screens: a 3.4-inch main screen sits above a 1.8-inch “dedicated ticker display that streams customized information in real time,” …
You may recall a post earlier in the month concerning some 15 million Verizon customers being charged between $2 and $6 each for “data sessions on their phones that they did not initiate.”
After receiving hundreds of complaints, the FCC decided to investigate the “mystery fees” and today announced that Verizon would have to pay $25 …
T-Mobile: Wednesday, November 10th
Price: $399.99 with a two-year contract
Data plans: $25/month for 200MB, $40/month for 5GB
Verizon: Thursday, November 11th
Price: $599.99 with no contract
Data plans: $20/month for 1GB, $35/month for 3GB, $50/month for 5GB
Sprint: Sunday, November 14th
Price: $399.99 with a two-year …
Retail giant Best Buy is getting in on the 7-inch Android tablet action that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is promising this holiday season.
The iPads and Tablets section of Best Buy’s website links to the Verizon and Sprint versions of the 3G-enabled Galaxy Tab, which are both priced at $650. That’s a bit curious, as Verizon will be …
Our long wait for US pricing on Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab Android tablet is now over. Samsung and Verizon have announced that it’ll cost $600 out the door with no contract. Data plans using Verizon’s 3G network can be added on a month-to-month basis starting at $20 per month for 1GB of data.
Verizon will be selling the Galaxy …
Verizon’s plan to offer tiered data packages may go into effect this month already, according to internal documents apparently leaked to Engadget.
The good news is that it looks like Verizon will be sticking with a $30 unlimited data plan for smartphones, while also offering a $15 plan that provides 150MB of data and 10 cents per …
Oh boy. Consider this a shot across AT&T’s bow. Not only have Apple and Verizon partnered to allow Verizon to sell iPads in its retail locations, but Verizon will offer a month-to-month data plan with one gigabyte of 3G service for $20 per month. That sits in between AT&T’s iPad service plans, which are $15 per month for 250 megabytes or …
Dreams do come true.
The New York Times is confirming the rumors of a Verizon iPhone based on an anonymous source directly connected to Apple.
Rumors of a Verizon-Apple collaboration have circulated for years, with the most recent a report by the Wall Street Journal, however, this latest story by the NYT should be the last nail on …
This is getting redundant and completely obnoxious.
The WSJ is yet again reporting that Apple and Verizon will release a CDMA version of the iPhone in early 2011 and that production will begin later this year. But this coming from the same reporter who wrote back in March that Verizon would be getting the iPhone this fall. Following …
